Museum Collections Management Blog Articles

Selecting a collections management system (CMS) can be a daunting task.
One way to make the selection process easier is to create a detailed Request for Proposals (RFP) and send it to the CMS suppliers you have shortlisted. This will help you compare them, as well as their service and software offering [...]

A Recap of the TMS Users Conference
Gallery Systems welcomed over 100 members of the TMS family to Collective Imagination 2019, held in Dublin, Ireland. This was the 9th anniversary of the event, which takes place every 18 months, and was surely the best yet [...]

Grants Guides for the USA, UK, and Europe
As 2019 rolls around, the start of the new year brings new museum grants and funding opportunities. You have a list of great ideas and projects that you’ve been thinking about executing, and now is the best time to figure out how to accomplish those goals. Sifting through grants takes time [...]

Overcoming the Challenges Faced by Smaller Institutions
Small museums and collections have the power to make huge impacts on their community, both inside and outside of the galleries. Museum collections, large and small, pack a powerful punch, while relying on a set of collections management standards to maintain collections objects and protecting works to share with a larger community [...]

Four Museums with Inspiring Digital Strategies Examples
All museums have three tenets that bind them together: 1) museums acquire and preserve objects ethically, 2) museums advance the knowledge of cultures through studying those objects, and 3) museums share that knowledge and their objects with their public. These three tenets bind the museum community at large and can be found within [...]

Museum Grants for USA, Europe, and the UK
The start of the new year means that many annual museum grants have released their 2018 due dates, and museums can begin applying for a boost in funding. Adding new and interesting projects to your to-do list for 2018 is exciting [...]